From the day
Perspective: The Street Photographer · Sound
The flash powder stings my eyes as I frame a "snapshot" of a newsboy hawking papers about steel ship contracts and that lousy boardroom row between Goethals and Denman. The humid May air ripples with the heavy clatter of horse-drawn carts and the sharp metallic buzzing of these new-fangled zippers on every gent's jacket. Strains of "Over There" drift from a nearby phonograph shop, the brassy march competing with the relentless thrum of the city. I adjust my tripod, watching a young lad clutching a box of Lincoln Logs weave through the crowd as the frantic rhythm of the war effort beats against the pavement.